COVID-19
Chicago businesses: Here’s what’s required to use parking lanes to enable outdoor seating
October 29, 2020
To help restaurants and bars survive winter, let’s make it easy to use car space for seating
October 27, 2020
Study: How Can We Know If Quarantine Street Closures Worked?
A new study shows that many "Slow Streets" and "Open Streets" programs launched in response to COVID-19 lockdowns were bigger successes than anyone realized.
October 26, 2020
Op-Ed: The Business Case For Cargo Bikes
As traffic volumes increase in our city centers, partly fueled by deliveries from a COVID boosted e-commerce sector, organizations are looking for a silver bullet for urban logistics. But has it been sitting right here under our noses all this time?
October 23, 2020
Four Ways Cities Can Repeal the Legacy of Robert Moses
Robert Moses's approach to transportation planning defined American cities for generations. Now, it's time to dismantle that dangerous and racist legacy.
October 19, 2020
Riders Haven’t Abandoned Transit During COVID — They’re Taking Fewer Trips: Report
A new report reveals major ramifications for cities and for BIPOC communities that rely heavily on transit and have borne the brunt of COVID-19 both as patients and as essential workers.
October 15, 2020
Proof: Bike Paths are Good for the Local Economy
Finishing the stalled 35-mile Baltimore Greenway Trails Network would unleash millions in economic activity, a new report shows.
October 15, 2020
COVID Killed Rush Hour — But Spread Pain All Day
Meet the new rush hour. Worse than the old rush hour.
October 13, 2020
Trump Admin Rejects Transit Mask Mandate, Endangering Transport — Again
The Trump administration declined the request from a prominent transit workers' union the same day the President was admitted to a tax payer-funded hospital for coronavirus.
October 7, 2020
Road Fatality Rates Reach Highest Level in 15 Years
It's official: walkers who ventured outdoors during COVID-19 lockdowns had a greater chance of being killed on our autocentric roads than any time in the past 15 years despite historic declines in driving.
October 1, 2020
